Hăt´ter-as, Cape, explored, 60 Ha-văn´a, capture of, 282 Columbus's tomb at, 59 recovered by Spain, 213 Hā´ver-_h_īll, attack on, 185 Hawk´inş, introduces negro slavery into West Indies, 80 Hěn´_n_e-pin, Father, adventures of, 180 Hen´ry, Cape, named, 87 Henry, Patrick, speech of, 221, 231 Henry VII., Columbus asks aid from, 40 sends expedition to America, 60 Henry VIII., establishes Anglican church, 106, 152 Henry of Por´tū-gal, the navigator, 35, 36, 39 Hēr´kĭ-mer, General, victorious at Oriskany, 267 Hessian (hěsh´an) soldiers, hired by British, 245 Washington defeats, 200, 261 His-pän-io´lä (-yō-) (Haiti), discovered by Columbus, 50 Hŏb´kirk Hill, battle of, 314 Hŏl´land, declares war against England, 146 Separatist colony in, 107 trading vessels sent from, 104 Hook´er, pastor, settles at Hartford, 131 Horn, Cape, Indians in, 14 Horse´neck, Putnam's escape at, 284 Hŏs´pĭ-t_a_l, founded in Philadelphia, 205 House of Bur´ġes-ses, 101, 154, 156, 211, 221 House of Com´mons in England, 219 How_e_, British general, 239 burns Charlestown, 242 captures Fort Washington, 256 captures forts on Delaware, 264 defeats Americans at Brandywine, 264 detained by Mrs. Murray, 254, 255 in New York, 256 plans to surprise Washington, 275 returns to England, 277 takes Philadelphia, 264 wins battle of Long Island, 253 Howe, Lord, proclamation of, 252 Hŭd´son Bay, discovered, 105 land around, ceded to British, 138 Hudson, Henry, explorations of, 103, 105 imprisoned by English, 104 Hudson Valley, British attempt to seize, 207 claimed by French, 184 owned by Dutch, 143 Hū´ḡ_u_e-nots, go to America, 73, 74 massacre of, 74, 102, 174 Hutch´in-son, Mrs. Anne, preaching of, 129, 130 slain, 143 Ï-ber-vïl_le_´, builds Biloxi, 182 Ice´land, discovered by Northmen, 25 Ice-lan´dic discovery, 27 Il-lĭ-noi_s_´, forts captured in, 288 visited by priests, 177 Illinois River, La Salle explores, 180, 181 Marquette and Joliet explore, 179 In-de-pend´ence Bell, 250 Independence, Declaration of, 248-252 Independence Hall, in Pennsylvania, 252 Independence of United States, acknowledged by France, 272 acknowledged by George III., 322 In´dī-a, search for northwest passage to, 35, 38, 80, 94, 103, 105 India, Vasco da Gama reaches, 61 In´dī-an Ocean, Vasco da Gama sails across, 61 Indian raids, 286-288 Indian wars, first in New England, 133 French and Indian, 198-213 King Philip's, 138-140 Pequot, 132, 133 Pontiac, 214 with Virginia, 153, 154